Bookshelf

(note: for the date on each book, I’ve listed the publication or printing date for the edition I own, and not necessarily the original publication date for the book)

Cocktail guides, bartending manuals and other works pertaining to mixed drinks

The Algonquin Bar and Cocktail Book
by Anna Kiernan
2002

Bacchus Behave!The Lost Art of Polite Drinking
by Alma Whitaker
1933

The Bartender’s BookBeing a compilation of Sundry Alcoholic Potations, Libations & Mixtures together with Recipes and Tables to make Everyman a Proficient Practitioner of the noble Art of Mixology
by Jack Townsend & Tom Moore McBride
1951

Bartender’s Guide
by “Trader Vic” Bergeron
1947

Beachbum Berry’s Grog Log
by Jeff Berry & Annene Kaye
1998

Beachbum Berry’s Intoxica!
by Jeff Berry
2002

Beachbum Berry’s Taboo Table
by Jeff Berry
2005

The Bon Vivant’s Companionor, How to Mix Drinks
by Jerry Thomas, edited and with an introduction by Herbert Asbury
1927 edition, printed 1934

Bottoms Up
by Ted Saucier
1951

Bottoms UpGuide to Pleasant Drinking
cocktail guide published and distributed by Town & Country Liquors, Inc., Great Neck, NY
1949

The Gentleman’s Companion
2 volumes, including Being An Exotic Drinking Book, or Around the World with Jigger, Beaker & Flask
by Charles H. Baker, Jr.
1946 (originally published 1939)

Gordon’s Cocktail & Food Recipes
by Harry Jerrold Gordon
1934

Harry’s ABC of Mixing Cocktails
by Harry MacElhone
1996 edition of book first published in 1919

Here’s How!
by Judge Jr.
1927

The Hour
by Bernard DeVoto
1948

How to Mix Drinks, or The Bon-Vivant’s CompanionContaining Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States, Together with the Most Popular British, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish Recipes, Embracing Punches, Juleps, Cobblers, Etc., Etc., Etc., in Endless Variety
by Jerry Thomas
2004 reprint of 1864 edition

In the SpiritA Collection of Cocktail Recipes from Tales of the Cocktail New Orleans
text by Sara Gootee Mayer
2006